# Release and security announcements **URL:** https://forum.openwrt.org/c/announcements/14.md [Latest](https://forum.openwrt.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.openwrt.org/categories.md) --- ## [OpenWrt 25.12.6 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-6-service-release/254604)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-6-service-release/254604 "2026-11-03T11:45:02Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the sixth service release of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?versio… --- ## [A note about using new stable releases before they are announced](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/a-note-about-using-new-stable-releases-before-they-are-announced/125589)
**Author:** [@psherman](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/psherman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/a-note-about-using-new-stable-releases-before-they-are-announced/125589 "2022-12-06T12:37:46Z")
There is always an excitement and enthusiasm as new stable releases start showing up on the downloads page -- and that is great! As of this moment, 21.02.3 and 19.07.10 are currently building, but they are not complete n… --- ## [About the Release and security announcements category](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/about-the-release-and-security-announcements-category/73784)
**Author:** [@tmomas](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/tmomas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/about-the-release-and-security-announcements-category/73784 "2020-09-09T15:18:49Z")
Announcements of new releases and security updates will be made here by OpenWrt staff members. Users may reply, but can not create new topics. --- ## [The OpenWrt Firmware Selector](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/the-openwrt-firmware-selector/81721)
**Author:** [@bjonglez](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/bjonglez)\ **Replies:** 1725\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/the-openwrt-firmware-selector/81721 "2026-10-24T07:49:45Z")
We are happy to announce a new service, the OpenWrt Firmware Selector. It allows to easily find a firmware image for your device. Feedback is welcome in this thread! --- ## [OpenWrt.org offline due to PHP CVEs](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-org-offline-due-to-php-cves/254691)
**Author:** [@aparcar](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/aparcar)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-org-offline-due-to-php-cves/254691 "2026-10-21T23:36:12Z")
Hi, due to the recent PHP CVEs, the OpenWrt infrastructure team decided to shut down openwrt.org. We expect patches around 14:00 UTC and will update and restart the website accordingly. Please be patient. --- ## [OpenWrt 25.12.5 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-5-service-release/251479)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-5-service-release/251479 "2026-10-18T23:36:23Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the fifth service release of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?versio… --- ## [OpenWrt 24.10.8 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-8-service-release/252195)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-8-service-release/252195 "2026-08-11T12:02:06Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the newest stable release of the OpenWrt 24.10 stable series. This release fixes many security issues, several of them remotely triggerable in network services that are en… --- ## [OpenWrt 24.10.7 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-7-service-release/250687)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-7-service-release/250687 "2026-07-26T18:04:32Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the newest stable release of the OpenWrt 24.10 stable series. This release fixes several security issues, including security fixes in dnsmasq and the Linux kernel. We reco… --- ## [OpenWrt 25.12.4 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-4-service-release/250171)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-4-service-release/250171 "2026-07-01T00:11:23Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the fourth service release of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?versi… --- ## [OpenWrt 24.10.6 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-6-service-release/247900)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-6-service-release/247900 "2026-05-31T23:17:35Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the newest stable release of the OpenWrt 24.10 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?versio… --- ## [OpenWrt 25.12.3 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-3-service-release/249859)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-3-service-release/249859 "2026-05-14T21:59:35Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the third service release of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?versio… --- ## [OpenWrt 25.12.2 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-2-service-release/248287)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 350\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-2-service-release/248287 "2026-05-07T20:34:07Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the second service release of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?versi… --- ## [OpenWrt 25.12.1 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-1-service-release/247899)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-1-service-release/247899 "2026-03-27T13:20:06Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the first service release of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?versio… --- ## [OpenWrt 24.10.5 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-5-service-release/244303)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-5-service-release/244303 "2026-03-18T23:39:10Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the newest stable release of the OpenWrt 24.10 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org?version… --- ## [OpenWrt 25.12.0 - Stable Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-0-stable-release/247228)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-0-stable-release/247228 "2026-03-18T23:38:11Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the first stable release of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org?version=… --- ## [OpenWrt 25.12.0-rc5 - Release Candidate](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-0-rc5-release-candidate/246673)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-0-rc5-release-candidate/246673 "2026-03-05T22:15:30Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the fifth release candidate of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org?versi… --- ## [OpenWrt 25.12.0-rc4 - Release Candidate](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-0-rc4-release-candidate/245939)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-0-rc4-release-candidate/245939 "2026-02-19T23:17:33Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the fourth release candidate of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org?vers… --- ## [OpenWrt 25.12.0-rc3 - Release Candidate](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-0-rc3-release-candidate/245606)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-0-rc3-release-candidate/245606 "2026-02-01T17:11:35Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the third release candidate of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org?versi… --- ## [OpenWrt 25.12.0-rc2 - Release Candidate](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-0-rc2-release-candidate/245014)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-0-rc2-release-candidate/245014 "2026-01-24T00:13:53Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the second release candidate of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org?vers… --- ## [OpenWrt 25.12.0-rc1 - Release Candidate](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-0-rc1-release-candidate/244364)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-25-12-0-rc1-release-candidate/244364 "2026-01-07T19:06:31Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the first release candidate of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org?versi… --- ## [OpenWrt 24.10.4 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-4-service-release/242092)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-4-service-release/242092 "2025-12-19T23:17:52Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the newest stable release of the OpenWrt 24.10 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org?version… --- ## [Security Advisory 2025-12-16-1 - Dropbear privilege escalation via Unix domain socket forwarding (CVE-2025-14282)](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/security-advisory-2025-12-16-1-dropbear-privilege-escalation-via-unix-domain-socket-forwarding-cve-2025-14282/244222)
**Author:** [@ynezz](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/ynezz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/security-advisory-2025-12-16-1-dropbear-privilege-escalation-via-unix-domain-socket-forwarding-cve-2025-14282/244222 "2025-12-19T17:44:53Z")
Security Advisory 2025-12-16-1 Dropbear privilege escalation via Unix domain socket forwarding (CVE-2025-14282) Description A privilege escalation vulnerability has been discovered in the Dropbear SSH server affecting co… --- ## [OpenWrt 23.05.6 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-23-05-6-service-release/239506)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-23-05-6-service-release/239506 "2025-11-17T10:35:49Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the newest stable release of the OpenWrt 23.05 stable series. It improves device support and brings a few bug fixes including security fixes. Download firmware images usin… --- ## [Notice: Problems with custom firmware image creation](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/notice-problems-with-custom-firmware-image-creation/224829)
**Author:** [@psherman](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/psherman)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/notice-problems-with-custom-firmware-image-creation/224829 "2025-10-24T00:56:17Z")
2025-Feb-13: There are known intermittent issues generating custom images using the online image generator (firmware selector and sysupgrade servers). This affects Attended Sysupgrade (ASU), OWUT (OpenWrt Upgrade Tool), … --- ## [OpenWrt 24.10.3 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-3-service-release/240940)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-3-service-release/240940 "2025-10-21T23:53:56Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the newest stable release of the OpenWrt 24.10 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org?version… --- ## [\[RESOLVED\] Downtime of main download server](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/resolved-downtime-of-main-download-server/241326)
**Author:** [@aparcar](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/aparcar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/resolved-downtime-of-main-download-server/241326 "2025-10-01T12:07:23Z")
Dear all, due to internal billing issues of our server sponsor, our main download server is down as we speak. The CDN will likely start failing soonish, as it can no longer reach the origin server. Talking to the compan… --- ## [OpenWrt 24.10.2 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-2-service-release/235046)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-2-service-release/235046 "2025-09-22T23:31:41Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the newest stable release of the OpenWrt 24.10 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org?version… --- ## [OpenWrt 23.05.5 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-23-05-5-service-release/211234)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-23-05-5-service-release/211234 "2025-08-22T04:08:13Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the newest stable release of the OpenWrt 23.05 stable series. It improves device support and brings a few bug fixes including security fixes. Download firmware images usin… --- ## [OpenWrt 24.10.1 - Service Release](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-1-service-release/230061)
**Author:** [@hauke](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/hauke)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-24-10-1-service-release/230061 "2025-06-24T23:01:33Z")
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the newest stable release of the OpenWrt 24.10 stable series. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org?version… --- ## [Customized image builds via Firmware Selector and ASU/OWUT broken](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/customized-image-builds-via-firmware-selector-and-asu-owut-broken/230500)
**Author:** [@psherman](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/psherman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/customized-image-builds-via-firmware-selector-and-asu-owut-broken/230500 "2025-04-21T05:51:15Z")
2025-April-20: Thanks to @aparcar and @efahl, ASU/OWUT and customized images via the firmware selector should now be working properly. Please report any issues here. 2025-April-19: There is a known issue that affects c… [Next page](https://forum.openwrt.org/c/announcements/14.md?page=1)